USING FREE BREATH TESTING DEVICES TO CHANGE PATRONS' TRANSPORTATION BEHAVIOUR IN THE KIMBERLEY

This paper reports on baseline surveys from a health promotion pilot project designed to examine the role that breath testing devices may have in road safety in the Kimberley region of Western Australia. Baseline patron surveys were conducted in participating licensed premises to determine patrons' attitudes to alcohol consumption and drink driving/walking prior to the introduction of the breath testing devices. Findings indicate that indigenous people tend to binge drink while non-indigenous persons drink on more days of the week. Nineteen percent of all patrons consumed alcohol in a licensed premises, on average, every day. Transportation behaviour after consuming alcohol was noteworthy with 19 percent of patrons planning to drive home after consuming alcohol and 36.5 percent planning to walk. This study examines whether self breath testing devices will change this behaviour. (a) For the covering entry of this conference, please see ITRD abstract no. E206263.

• Corporate Authors:

  INSURANCE COMMISSION OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA

  221 ST GEORGES TERRACE
  PERTH, WESTERN AUSTRALIA  Australia  6000

  ROAD SAFETY COUNCIL OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA

  441 MURRAY STREET
  PERTH, WESTERN AUSTRALIA  Australia  6000
• Authors:
  • SPEHR, L
  • MAK, D
  • CERCARELLI, R
  • JEFFERIES, B
• Conference:
  • INSURANCE COMMISSION OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA CONFERENCE ON ROAD SAFETY, 2001, PERTH, WESTERN AUSTRALIA
• Publication Date: 2001-8-31

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 16 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Alcohol breath tests; Conferences; Health; Intoxication; Pedestrians; Rural areas; Safety
• Geographic Terms: Australia
• ITRD Terms: 1542: Alcohol test; 8006: Australia; 8525: Conference; 2231: Drunkenness; 2144: Health; 1733: Pedestrian; 328: Rural area; 1665: Safety
• Subject Areas: Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00937392
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: ARRB
• Files: ITRD, ATRI
• Created Date: Feb 5 2003 12:00AM